When does Egypt export strawberries?

Egypt ships strawberries December–March, with April and November at the shoulders. These are export weeks out of the origin, not arrival weeks in your market.

When do Egypt strawberries arrive in Europe?

On the Egypt → Rotterdam run, quoted at 8–13 days port to port, that window lands around week 49–15 — December–April. Add the road leg at either end.

Strawberry export season in Egypt (2026)

Egypt strawberry export season

Strawberry season in Egypt: December–March, with April and November at the shoulders. Lands December–April via Egypt → Rotterdam.

Ships

December–March

April, November at the shoulders

Lands

week 49–15

on the Egypt → Rotterdam run, 8–13 days

Egypt strawberries: the export window by month, and the weeks each lane lands it.
Stage	Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Ships out of Egypt	Ships december–march peak · april, november shoulder
Egypt → Rotterdam 8–13 days · week 49–15	Lands week 49–15 on the Egypt → Rotterdam run

Peak Shoulder Landing Port to port, across services rather than one schedule. Add the road leg at either end.

Load ports Alexandria, Damietta, and Port Said

Roughly November to April out of the Nile delta, on the same counter-season logic as the Spanish and Moroccan crops.

Most Egyptian strawberry volume is frozen rather than fresh, and it travels as a processing commodity in ordinary reefers rather than as a fragile fresh programme. The fresh trade exists but is small and moves by air.

Last reviewed August 2026. Editorial ranges for a normal year, not a published schedule. Weather moves them, sometimes by weeks.

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Egypt strawberry export season

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